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The Feminist

Why the Food Bill is sound economics – Jean Dreze

The foodgrain requirements of the Bill are no more than existing allocations AS THE National Food Security Bill inches its way back to Parliament, financial analysts are raising predictable concerns about its affordability. These concerns, however, are misplaced. The revised version of the food Bill is actually little more than a “Public Distribution System (PDS) Restructuring Bill”. The foodgrain requirements of the Bill are no … Continue reading Why the Food Bill is sound economics – Jean Dreze

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Food as a right

In its latest form, the National Food Security Bill, 2013 promises to address the extreme irony of an ambitious nation holding mountains of food in storage, while masses of its people are undernourished or even starving. The right to food is finally on the threshold of being legislated. Every step taken to widen the coverage of food security schemes is an advance. Yet, the empirical … Continue reading Food as a right

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